An Italian auto parts manufacturer with a distribution center and offices in Ankeny will invest $35 million to build a new U.S. headquarters and manufacturing facility there, more than doubling its workforce.

Headquartered in Correggio, Italy, SPAL Automotive designs and manufactures high-performance fans, centrifugal blowers and fluid pumps for cars, buses and off-road vehicles, construction equipment, tractors and motorsports vehicles, as well as for industrial uses.